Scale model gun turret



Feb- 26, 1957 L. H. GLASER 2,782,555

SCALE MODEL GUN TURRET Filed Jan. l5, 1954 LEWIS H. GLA SER,

IN VEN TOR.

HUE BNE R, BEE HL ER, v WOR/PE L 8 HERZ/6 W; B A7 7' ORNE KS2 .21,782,555 Patented Feb. 25, 1957- ice SCALE MODEL GUN TURRET Lewis lI-l.V Glaser, Brentwood, Calif., assignor to Revell,

Incorporated, Venice, Salif., a. corporation of California This invention relates to gun models and` more particularly to gun turrets formodel or toy. warship.

In the past few years interest and activity in the art of model making hasincreased'considerably andV a fairly large industry has been developed' for s upplying construction kits of parts which are designed for easy assembly to formA scale models.

lt is an object` of this invention to provide turret and gun parts for miniatures, especially model' warships, wherein such parts are made to scale toclosely resemble real turrets andV guns not only. in the details'. ofl the shape thereof but also in themanner in which such turrets are rotated and their gunselevated'and lowered;

Another object of this inventionis to provide miniature turrets and gunsofjthe type referredto above andof very simple construction whereby they may be, assembled very easily and manufactured inrlarge quantities at a low cost.

Other objects and' advantages of" this invention willbecome apparent from the followingpart of this specification wherein the details of construction and mode of operation of one embodiment. ofthe invention are described with reference to the attached. drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of a scale model of the battleship U. S. S. Missouri, which model is provided with gun turrets constructed accordingk to the present.

invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded view of oneV of the gun turrets of the model shown in Fig. l", with the parts thereof shown in separated relationship.

Figure 3 is a sectional viewthrough a gun turret of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, the scalemodel of the battleship illustrated in Fig. l thereof, is.one whichhas been assembled from a construction kit, containing4 molded plastic parts. As the present invention is directed to a structure for gun turrets and not to all of the parts for scale models of the type illustrated, it is considered sullicient for the purposes of this specification to confine the description of details to those parts forming such gun turrets. Thus, only the parts of a gun turret, indicated generally by the reference numeral in the assembled model of Fig. 1, are shown in the remaining views of the drawing, and in this connection, such gun turret includes a housing 11, a battery of guns 12, a set of smaller guns 13, and a base 14, which in the embodiment illustrated constitutes a part of a deck on which the turret is mounted.

The housing 11 includes a top plate 15 having a support member 16 integral with the plate and adapted to lit into' a hole 17 in the base 14 for supporting the housing on the base 14 in a way permitting rotation of the turret. For this purpose the external diameter of the lower end of the member 16 is made small enough to lit into the hole 17, while the upper end of the member 16 is larger in diameter than the hole 17, thus providing an annular shoulder 19 which rides on the rim of the hole 17 and supports the housing 11 rotatively on the deck 14.

The housing 11 includes a front wall 20 which, in the 2, embodiment illustrated, is inclined outwardly toward the base of the turret and supports a plurality of guns 21 constituting the battery of guns 12. The wall 20 is provided with a plurality of openings 22, one for each of the guns 21, and these openings may be spaced at equal intervals along the front wall. The sides of the openings 22 are parallel to each other and extend'upwardly from the lower edge of the front'wall to terminate short of the topfplate 15. Openings22 are just` wide enoughk to receive thev breechend portions ofthe gunsrZl so that when the guns are placed one-in each ofthe openings 22, they will be pivotally supported between` the sides` of the. openings, thus permitting the guns tobe elevated or lowered in a way resembling the actionf of realvguns. The guns 21 are joined together at their brechends, aswith a connectingV bar 23, causing the several guns to move inunison. The guns are molded, as` from plastic, in such away` that for each gun the resulting mold lines which constitute ridges, one ofwhich is indicated at 25, will extend longitudinally on each` side of a gun, with all mold line ridges in the battery of guns being disposedin-a commonplane. Thus, when agun is fitted into an opening 22, these mold lines willbev cut by the sides of the openings` 22 and though the mold lines are very ne and barely noticeable, they prevent sliding of the gunbarrels axially of the openings 22 and also provide sharp pivot points for the gun barrels against the sides of the openings.

The turret 10 supports-a smallerturret 30 on its top plate 15 for housing the guns 13. In the case of the smaller turret 30, the guns 13v are not joined together, andl thus they may be elevated and loweredl separately; Each gun 13ftits into and4` is pivoted against the sides of an opening provided therefor in the vertical front wall of the turret 30,V and as the turret 30 is of an open top type, the opening in the frontY wall for the guns 13 are cut from top edge of the front wall. The turret 30'has a support member 31 depending from theA bottom wall of the turret, andlike the support member 16 for the larger turret, the member 31 fits into ahole 32provided therefor in the top plate of the main turret 10, permittingthe turret 3() to be rotated. Like ohers of the parts for the model battleship, the turret 30 andits. support member 31. are molded from a suitable thermoplastic plastics which becomes soft and moldable when heated. Thus the turret 30 may be locked in the opening 32; by heating the lower end of the member 31 as with a hotmetal rod and exerting a slightA pressurev` against the support to flare it out as indicated at. 33 so that'the support may not be removed from the hole 32; This operation of heating the inner end of` the support member 31' should be done,

of course, prior to attaching` the` main turret 10 onits support.

As in the case of the smaller turret 30, the lower end of the support 16 of the main turret 1li may be flared outwardly by the application of heat and pressure to form a flared end .35', which prevents removal of the turret 10 from its base 14. The end 35 may be formed at any time prior to securing the deck to the hull of the ship.

While the instant invention has been shown and described herein in what is conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the invention, which is therefore not to be limited to the details disclosed herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent structures and methods.

What is claimed is:

l. In a model or toy gun turret, a housing having an inclined front wall, a support member depending from said housing providing a means for mounting and rotat ing said turret on a base therefor, a plurality of openings in said front wall, the sides of said openings extending vertically from a horizontal edge of said front wall, the width of said openings being less than the height thereof, said openings being of substantially equal size and being spaced apart at substantially equal intervals along said front wall, a plurality of gun barrels equal in number to the number of said openings, each of said openings having one of said gun barrels extending therethrough, a connecting bar integral with each of said barrels at the breech ends thereof and extending transversely of said barrels, the diameter of the breech ends of said barrels being substantially equal to the width of said openings whereby said guns t snugly in said openings and are pivotally supported between the sides of said openings to permit elevation and lowering of said guns in a manner resembling the movement of a battery of real guns.

2. In a model or toy warship, a rotary gun turret of hollow construction mounted on said ship, said turret having an inclined front wall, a plurality of vertically extending openings in said front wall, said openings being spaced apart along said front wall, the height of said openings being greater than the width thereof, a battery of guns, each of said openings having one of said guns extending therethrough, the breech end of each gun being of a diameter substantially equal to the width of said openings whereby said guns when fitted in said openings are pivotally supported by the sides of said openings, a connecting bar within said turret and integral with each of said guns at the breech ends thereof and extending transversely of said guns, whereby said guns may be elevated and lowered as a unit in a manner resembling the action of real guns. j

3. In a model or toy warship, a gun turret comprising a housing having a front wall, a support member depending from the top wall of said housing and extending through a hole in a base for said turret, a shoulder on said member for supporting said housing on said base around the rim of said hole, a plurality of openings in said front wall, the sides of said openings extending vertically from a horizontal edge of said front Wall, the width of said openings being less than the height thereof, said openings being of substantially equal size and being spaced apart at substantially equal intervals along said front wall, a plurality of gun barrels equal in number to the number of said openings, each of said openings having one of said gun barrels extending therethrough, a connecting bar within said housing integral with each of said barrels at the breech ends thereof and extending transversely of said barrels, the diameter of the breech ends of said barrels being substantially equal to the width of said openings whereby said guns t snugly in said openings and are pivotally supported between the sides of said openings to permit elevation and lowering of said guns in a manner resembling the movement of a battery of real guns.

4. A model or toy gun comprising a housing having a front Wall, the front wall having an opening formed therein, the sides of said opening being parallel to each other and being substantially perpendicular to and extended to meet a horizontal edge of said wall, the width of said opening being less than the height thereof, a model gun of circular cross section having a breech end portion, said gun having a pair of fine mold line ridges extending longitudinally thereof and projecting from opposite sides of the gun and lying in a common plane, the diameter of said breech end portion being substantially equal to the width of said opening, said gun being fitted in said wall by inserting the gun in an opening from said horizontal edge with the plane of the ridges being parallel to said horizontal edge whereby said ridges are broken by the side walls defining said opening and said gun is pivotally supported at its breech end portion by the sides of said opening and the unbroken portion of the ridge lines adjacent the faces of said wall prevent movement in an axial direction of the gun in the opening.

5. A model or toyV gun comprising a housing having a front wall, said wall having a plurality of openings formed therein and extending inwardly from one edge of the wall, the sides dening said openings being substantially parallel to each other, the width of said openingsras dened by the distance between the parallel sides being less than the length of said sides, a plurality of model gun barrels of circular cross section and equal in number to the number of openings, a connecting bar integral with each of said barrels at the breech ends thereof-and extending transversely of the barrels to secure the barrels together as a battery of guns disposed in a common plane, each of said barrels having a pair of mold line ridges extending longitudinally thereof and projecting from opposite sides of respective barrels, all of the ridgesin the battery of gun barrels being disposed in a common plane, the breech end portions being substantially equal to the width of said openings, the battery of gun barrels being positioned with the connecting bar on one side of said wall and the barrels projecting through the openings beyond the other side of said wall, said ridges being broken in the breech end portions of said barrels by respective sides of said openings whereby the barrels are pivotally supported by respective sides of the openings and are maintained against movement in an axial direction by the unbroken portions of the ridges.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Logan Mar. 13, 1951 

